US Health Care Costs

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX 77004 · (713) 527-5019

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$7what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$18.2Mnet income, all sources
−8.3%margin on patient care alone
$13.9Mcost of charity care (6.4% of costs)
$11.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
156beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending July 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) 26761$363,851$39,597
Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR), with major complications 26652$536,250$49,054
Heart failure, with major complications 29135$152,753$17,328
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 27429$458,804$25,352
Bowel surgery, with complications 33027$330,482$18,965
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32922$527,262$37,497
Sepsis, with major complications 87121$185,750$15,079
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Mcc 27320$703,218$36,046
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Mcc 27018$713,397$55,699
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with Cardiac Catheterization Wit 21617$1,047,827$81,566
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Cardiac Catheterization 21915$1,181,150$75,745
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$111,848$7,434
Ecmo or Tracheostomy with Mv >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth and Nec 00314$2,406,039$166,850
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$103,452$10,644
Lung infection, with major complications 17713$180,658$13,091
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$97,545$11,831
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$80,637$6,770
Other digestive problems, with complications 39412$124,034$8,023
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